During the summer, in anticipation of a joyless regular season, the Knicks Fanatics decided to create a Dance-Spirit Team to help us keep our spirits up, especially during live blogging events,  But we didn't want just any collection of beauties to accompany us on the long trek to irrelevance and the 2010 LeMirage.   Consistent with our appreciation for great classics we accepted and voted on applications from some of the greatest beauties of all-time including Raquel Welch, Brigette Bardot, Lola Falana, Lena Horne Yme Sumac and Jane Kennedy.  There were 25 applicants in all but our squad only had room for the top 12.  The results are in and because of a three way tie for 12th (and in keeping with our efforts to reduce tension and create a positive environment as the season winds down), we have expanded our team to 14-Strong.  And without further delay or postponement, here they are, the Knicks Fanatics Classic Dance-Spirit Team (for the record the top three vote getters were Sophia Loren, Pam Grier and Raquel Welch).

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Jeff - Co Founder Project Spurs: ... http://www.projectspurs.com

Is it bad I been stareing at the pic of Grier's rack all day? Thanks for bringing down my production at work today.

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February 24, 2010

Statesman2: ...

Walsh/D’Antoni-Spirit

In the spirit of the current Knicks’ brain trust, I’ll trade Sophie Loren for Tyra Banks. To increase my cap space, I’ll allow Raquel Welch’s contract to expire, so I can sign Beyonce, because Jay-Z will allow her to become a free-agent. To enhance my veteran leadership, I will trade Pam Grier for Sade. Every great team needs a vocal leader. This team may not make the playoffs, but it will be one hell of an experience teaching them the triangle offense.


Questions to Ponder:

After gutting the team in the name of Salary -Cap, would signing Chris Bosh and Johnson of Atlanta, be a significant upgrade over Zach Randolph and Jamal Crawford?

Are you going anywhere when running on a treadmill?

Peace & Blessings

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February 24, 2010

Statesman2: ...

Fanatics,

Hmmm....... This is taken from Bill Simmons’ ESPN article.

Teams survive on TV money, season-ticket revenue and luxury suites. They don't care about the upper decks. They care about getting fat checks in March and April for the following season, then banking that money for a few months and collecting interest on it. They care about getting us to pay for a spring's worth of playoff tickets up front even though our team might survive only eight days in the postseason. And if they stink, they care about only one thing: creating an illusion of regret.

The illusion of regret is crucial. It's the single most important dynamic in the NBA right now. It drives every lottery drawing, every trade deadline and every free-agency period. It drives Knicks fans to make the decision in 2008, "I'm gonna ride this out for another two years JUST IN CASE we get someone good two years from now." It's driving more interest in this particular offseason than any in recent memory; as incredible as this sounds, people are anticipating July more than June.

The illusion of regret is also relatively evil, no different from America's lottery system that preys on the lower class: convincing people to pay for the unlikely chance that something good might happen, then making them feel like idiots when it doesn't. This is how the NBA differs from any other professional sport. In a league with 12-man rosters, in which only five guys can play at once, you're really only as good as your franchise guy. If you don't have one, you're screwed.

Peace & Blessings

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February 24, 2010

Lives: ... http://www.Knicksfanticsblog.com

You guys are killing me. ROFLMAO.

Yeah Jeff those are some serious distractions. But if it will make you feel any better, think like my man Peaceman. He looks at those pics and sees 80 year old women so I gotta give him a little something more contemporary but equally unattainable for his butt. LOL.

States2 @2 that was hilarious on the triangle offense. And the more I think about your ponderable query, the more I gotta say, it ain't that much better, if at all. Johnson is definitely a black hole. I'm not really sure what Bosh is. I need some Fanatic help on that one.

Good cite @3. That sounds like a good idea for a penthouse post.

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February 24, 2010

Orange and Blue: ...

Statesman has been firing on all cylinders keeping the blog more interesting than the decaying corpses Lives trots out to help ease our pain as Knicks Fans!

I like the comment section a few threads back where statesman makes the "moving target" reference.

A target in constant motion can be hit, if one is on horseback with the archery/sniper skills of a the greats in our worlds military history.

The Knicks Lametrust, that's what I'll dub them b/c that's what they appear to be IMHO, are like the clowns in the Don Quixote tale. They are after a adventure, glory, and "righteous" in their cause of marketing the illusion that half hearted non-rebuilds can indeed be glorious ressurections.

Yet, the Lametrust has not any of the martial prowess of the great mobile sniper infantry of yore,... rather they are a bumble bunch riding an ass with just one wobbly rubber spear they believe can be launched and fly to reach it's target despite the clear indication of probability that it is all but a pipe dream!

One love fanatics... for the game of course!

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February 24, 2010

Orange and Blue: ...

I recall Peaceman asking a few threads back about how it appeared, clearly to me as well, that Sergio Rodriguez was beating the rest of the Knicks upcourt.

The problem is that D'Amphony stuck the team with mediocre point play all season and the team adapted to that pace. It was but instinct and a sad commentary that so much faith and so much of a leash was handed to a career back up who could not or was not able to run the vaunted D'Amphony system which appears to be sole trick for the lametrust's foney poney ass!

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February 24, 2010

Orange and Blue: ...

If my fellow fanatics recall my post spirit week epic on the topic of "Knicks Revivalism" I was on point in depicting the process of gutting the team in a hopes that the eggs in Waldotoni's Ressurrection Basket may likely not work for reasons that have more to do with the viability of the organization to present a team that could contend with additions rather than pretend with mercenaries and hired pop guns.

Statesman,...

I agree with the one scenario you presented. What difference would a Johnson/Bosh acquisition be over that of Crawford/Randolph.

I think despite the latter being somewhat better players with more upside and explosion, the difference is actually more like the Sisyphus' rock rolling down the mountain than the process or running in place on a threadmill and going nowhere.

Why you ask?

Well... for one Randolph and Crawford' retention in an alternate universe where neither the plan nor the system dominated quasi jounalistic discourse may have been bolstered by a better coaching selection, insert your preferred coach the right way type here.

In addition, Randolph and Crawford, also would have seen the blossiming of David Lee along with Chandler and Robinson.

Moreover, the acquisition of a GM who coaches to the end game of organizational improvement rather than to the whims of his coach's eccentricities, might have drafted and developed Brook Lopez.

Forays into the playoffs with a team that could turn to a pool of draft picks in 2009, 2011 (not swapped) and 2012 etc. could have sustained competitive basketball.

Finally, with a competitive, although possily not championship caliber team, players strengths could have been highlighted and the Knicks as an organization could have traded and eventually flipped their roster from a position of strength... NOT A POSITION OF DESPERATION as has been shown again by Walsh, where it was the very path of his predecessor Thomas.

The Knicks cycle of pain begins and ends at the point of gimmicky desperation!

Good evening gents.

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February 24, 2010

Lives: ... http://www.Knicksfanticsblog.com

O&B, thank you for doing your part to appear more interesting than the decaying corpses. But somehow, I think that if most of us had a choice between going to a Knicks game with you and having lunch with Pam Grier we would chose her decaying corpse over yours. In fact, I bet if you had the same choice you would stand yourself up by skipping the game.

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February 25, 2010

Lives: ... http://www.Knicksfanticsblog.com

"Lametrust" @Comment 5 is a great word.

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February 25, 2010

Lives: ... http://www.Knicksfanticsblog.com

Did everyone say hello to George M.?

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February 25, 2010

Orange and Blue: ...

LOL @ Comment 8

If them damsels were in there prime, sure I'd stand myself up.

But them lovely images are not and much like the knicks they have withered and decayed to a reasonable look a like of the Tales From the Crypt, Crypt Keeper there glory days so far behind.

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February 25, 2010

Lives: ... http://www.Knicksfanticsblog.com

You my boy, but Pam Grier could be dead and being chauffeured in a wheel-chair and be a better date than you. LOL

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February 25, 2010

Orange and Blue: ...

Hey Lives that's funny...

I didn't know necrophilia was your thang.

My feelings are hurt. Penthouse some of my recent commentary and I call it a wash! =)

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February 25, 2010

Lives: ... http://www.Knicksfanticsblog.com

No naked-feel-ya is absolutely not my thang.

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February 25, 2010

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